Politics | Chuck Hagel After Closest Vote Ever, Chuck Hagel Sworn In He'll next address Pentagon workers By Kate Seamons Posted Feb 27, 2013 8:15 AM CST Copied Marine Corp. Lt. Gen. Tom Waldheuser, center, greets Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., right, and his wife Lilibet. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) Chuck Hagel's 58-41 confirmation vote wasn't just close; it was the closest ever for a defense secretary, notes Reuters, with just four Republicans voting in favor of the Republican, who was sworn in this morning. The closed-door ceremony will be followed by an address to Pentagon workers at 10:30am. After that: Focus on the sequester? Read These Next 11 people hurt in a "brutal act of violence" in Michigan. We knew Letterman would pipe up about Colbert eventually. A parent's nightmare, in a white cardboard box. The humans survived this flight; the deer on the ground didn't. Report an error